The affair is revealed by theAFP : Alibaba, the Chinese online commerce giant, global partner of the IOC within the framework of the TOP program, is at the heart of a fight behind the scenes in France. The National Information Systems Security Agency (Anssi) is currently working to prevent it from hosting sensitive data. Its director, Guillaume Poupard, explains: “ For security reasons, including personal data, this is not possible“. Among the data likely to be hosted by the Alibaba cloud as part of the Paris 2024 Games is the file of accredited persons, rich in tens of thousands of personal information, including on members of the security services. According to'AFP, the question would have been debated on several occasions in recent months between State services, the COJO and agencies specializing in IT security. But the file is progressing slowly, with the actors passing the buck. The OCOG Paris 2024 explains that Alibaba hosts its applications, including its website, but the ticketing “ will be operated by a European specialist who won the public call for tenders“. The OCOG also ensures that all data will be protected by the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and hosted in Europe. Comment from Alain Bouillé, general delegate of CESIN, a place for exchanging and sharing knowledge on IT security: “ With the Americans and the ‘Gafam’, we manage to do things, but with the Chinese there is no agreement. If we give data to Alibaba, we know that the Chinese government can have access to it"
